Word: margin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...visitors from Ithaca became progressively more flustered as their comfortable first-half margin began to dwindle away. Harvard forced a number of turnovers in the back court and fought for offensive rebounds, which the hoopsters were unable to do in their Friday night loss to Northeastern...
...dispatch said, a negative vote would "substantially diminish U.S. ability to play a critical role" in Arab-Israeli peace talks it would also "permit the [Soviet] Union to increase its influence in the Arab World." Hours later, a sharply divided Senate approved the sale by a 52-48 margin, making official President Reagan's pledge several months earlier to sell the aircraft. Later, sensors confirmed that last-minute lobbying efforts--like that of the Time group--had tipped the scales in favor of the Saudis...
Harvard, now 3-2 overall, lost the meet by less than three-tenths of a second Dartmouth's margin of victory in the two-mile relay. Going into the relays, the Crimson had led, 64-62, and needed to win only one of the relay contests to clinch the contest...
...pleased with the swordswomen's showing, particularly since their third-ranked fencer, junior Beth Schwinn, was out with back injuries. "We haven't even come close in the last four years, we've had scores like 14-2 and 15-1," Powell said. "This is their smallest margin of victory since I've been here...
...deciding match came in a battle between Harvard's and Princeton's best. Mary Hulbert and Patrice McConnell. In a close contest, McConnell turned around her four-game loss to Hulbert in the Howe Cup with a four-game win this Saturday, giving the Tigers the necessary margin for victory...